William gordon



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM GORDON, OF BOSTON, ASSIGNOR TO O. A. MILLER, OF BROOKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

LAST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 500,711, dated J' uly 4, 1893. Application led October 3l. 1892. Serial No. 450,427. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM GORDON, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lasts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lasts composed of two sections, one comprising the fore-partincluding the toe, instep, ball and shank portions-while the other includes the heel por tion; one of said sections having an inclined rear face, while the other has a correspondingly inclined front face, the inclination of said faces being such that when the heel section is moved upwardly it is also caused to move forward or diagonally so that the last is shortened and its hold loosened on the boot or shoe in which it is inserted.

The invention has for its object to provide a last of this class in which the two sections shall be permanently connected in such manner that the movement of the heel section on the forepart section shall be limitedin both directions, thus preventing separation of the two sections.

To this end the invention consists in a last composed of the fore-part section having an inclined rear face, the heel section having an inclined front face, one of said sections having an elongated socketed runner rigidly affixed to its inclined face, and the other a guide rod or bar passing through said runner and a slot or recess behind said rod to receive and permit the movement of the runner, the ends of said slot constituting stops for the runner, whereby the heel section is permitted to slide to a limited extent in both directions on the inclined face of the fore-part section without separation therefrom.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l represents a longitudinal section of my improved last.

v Fig. 2 represents a similar section showing the heel section raised. Fig. 3 represents a rear elevation of the forepart section. Fig.

fi represents a perspective view of the heel section. Fig. 5 represents a section on line 5, 5, Fig. l.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

In the drawings-a represents the fore-part section having an inclined rear face or end.

ZJ represents the heel sectionrhaving an inclined front face or end. The inclination of said ends is such that when the heel section is raised and moved along t-he rear face ofthe fore-part section, as shown in Fig. 2, it will move diagonally in such direction as to shorten the last.

A last generally constructed as above de- 6o scribed is not new, and my invention does not include broadly a last composed of the forepart and heel sections having inclined nieeting faces.

In carrying out my invention l provide said sections with permanently interlocked connecting members which permit the heel section to slide both upwardly and downwardly to a limited extent, and retain the meeting faces in contact with each other under all ad- 7o justments of the heel section, so that there can be no separation of the said inclined faces. The permanently interlocked sliding members comprise an elongated socketed runner frigidly affixed to the inclined face of the heel section, and a guide rod or bar g aiitixed to the fore-part section and passing through the runner f, the fore-part section having a slot or recess g which receives the runner f. The rod g is preferably bent at its upper end 8o at g2 to bear on the top portion of the instep, and is affixed to the latter by a screw or other fastening device g3, its lower end being secured by a screw g4 driven while the heel section is raised. The slot or recess permits the sliding movement of the runner cn the rod, and its ends constitute stops which limit the said movement in both directions, so that the heel section cannot be separated from the fore-part section. The' engagement of the 9o rigid elongated runner aflixed to the one part with the guide-rod on the other part insures that the inclined faces of the two parts of the last will always remain in contact and cannot be separated.

I claim- The improved last, divided transversely and composed of the fore-part section having an inclined rear face; and the heel section having an inclined front face, one of said secroo tions having an elongated socketed runner rigidly affixed to its inclined face, and the other a guide-rod or bar passing through said runner and a slot or recess behind said rod to receive and permit the movement of the runname to this specilication, in the presence of ner, the ends of said slot constituting stops two subscribing Witnesses', this 18th day of ro for the runner, whereby the heel section is October, A. D. 1892.

permitted to slide to a limited extent in both 5 directions on the inclined face of the fore-part WILLIAM GORDON' section, and the inclined faces are held per- Vitnesses: mainently in contact; as set forth. C. F. BROWN,

In testimony whereof l have signed my M. W. JACKSON. 

